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Gentle Currents

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When the lights flicker,
And the silence can remember
That haunting storm,
who came in September.

When the dark stills the night,
And rain dims the fires,
Burning through a so...

Categories: linemen, appreciation, courage, men, storm,
Form: Rhyme

I don’t know your name

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Tears keep falling, 
My feelings, sprawling
The linemen, their calling…

Winds were still blowing,
My heart and soul, knowing,
Despite the storm, there’s flowing…

Love beyo...

Categories: linemen, appreciation, hope, humanity, storm,
Form: Rhyme

2 Mikey

...Poor Mikey
gave everything he had
for fifteen minutes under lights
(and they are expensive lights).
He went down not once but twice
in the same game with the same head
(his only one).

Rules ...

Categories: linemen, conflict, football, high school,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

From Witchita

...from wichita
the country linemen
glen campbell knew



posted on July 23, 2018...

Categories: linemen, celebrity, song, tribute,
Form: Senryu

Grit and Guts On the Gridiron - 1

...Mud and leather
dirt and nerve
bloodied laughter
collision to serve,
distance, drive and demolition
battle axe ambition in the wild air
muscle and mind joined in steeled instinct, 
a stitched ...

Categories: linemen, america, sports, war,
Form: Epic

Stormy Weather

...Stormy Weather

I never noticed until today	
That the wind blows south in east PA
The sun only shines between five and nine
And the rain comes in the summertime
Everyone here waits for the smel...

Categories: linemen, nature, rain, storm, summer,
Form: Couplet

Quarterback's Dilemma

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When the offense takes the field for an attack,
you linemen have to protect your quarterback.
The defense is out to catch him in a sack.
If they could, anyone would like to break his back.

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Categories: linemen, sports, work,
Form: Rhyme

An Example of a Trample

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In Texas, High School Football is king
Every Friday night there’s a game  
A big event and the stands are full
The games aren’t played for fun, they’re for fame

In my second year of C...

Categories: linemen, history, sports, school, football,
Form: Quatrain

Buried In My Bikes

...Time is ticking down
I’ve got eighty yards to go
It’s the last game of the season
The fans are sitting down
Our mascot is a clown
And I don’t even know the reason

Coach signals in a play
I g...

Categories: linemen, allegory, life, high school,
Form: Rhyme

Smooth Players

...Just like football, I am strategically played

If you make a pass, you may stir my interest

But a tackle is sure to incite my defense

Smooth players with golden words

Linemen who c...

Categories: linemen, love, sports
Form: Free verse

Super Bowl

...Scrimmage upended linemen
Super bowl Sunday
The crowd roared, foot ball sailed high.

Receiver zig-zagged down field,
Ball spun overhead,   
Runner snatched in air— touch down!...

Categories: linemen, sports
Form: Haiku

To Pass Or Run

...One minute left on the clock
Four points down, championship at stake
Third down, five yards from the goal

Hefty defensive linemen gritting teeth
     eager
          anxious

Do you run the ...

Categories: linemen, sports
Form: Free verse